FFBB: Best Writer - R8 - JRR Tolkien vs. Mark Lawrence

[ScarletBea]

#16 - JRR Tolkien

VS

#9 - Mark Lawrence

[Lanko]

I doubt he'll win, but Lawrence for me. Read PoT twice and still can't get past the first 50 pages of LOTR.

[Elfy]

I doubt he'll win, but Lawrence for me. Read PoT twice and still can't get past the first 50 pages of LOTR.

I'm the opposite, managed PoT, but it was a struggle. Whereas I've reread Tolkien's books without any issue.

[ScarletBea]

Well, no doubts here, sorry JRR

[xiagan]

Their writing is so different, I have no idea how to compare them.

[ScarletBea]

What about thinking: which of these would I be happy to re-read multiple times?

I've read LotR several times ages ago, but nowadays I'd be happy just re-reading Mark's books.

(actually, this will help me in the other pairs where I'm finding it difficult to choose)

[eclipse]

 I’m surprised this is a tie

[ScarletBea]

We normally have 14-15 votes in each poll, so I assume it will change soon.
I think it just shows that there are many different people reading fantasy these days, which is a great thing!